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UNITED STATES p x PATENT JOHN \V. FOWLER AND DANIEL F. LEWIS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK FARE REGESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,702, dated October 23, 1888.

Application filed November 15, 1882. Renewed March 16, 1886. Serial No. 105,481. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN \V. FOWLER and DANIEL F. LEWIS, citizens of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fare-Registers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention is additional to the improvements in fare-registers heretofore patented by us and embodied in our duplex registerknown as the alarm.

In the specification forming part of our Patent No. 247,553, dated September 27,1881, with the aid of references to our specifications forming part of Patent No. 247,552, of same date, (application filed October 23, 1880,) and Patent No. 231,161, dated August 17, 1880, we describe an improved alarm register having, in combination with its trip-register, a reciprocating device or setting mechanism for resetting said register at zero at the end of each trip, anindicator mechanism for displaying a trip-signal actuated by said setting mechanism in said act of resetting the tripregister, and a bell mechanism which interlooks with said indicator mechanism for preventing repeated actuations of the tripsignal duringindividual setting operations, and does not release the same until after another unit has been registered and in the act of attesting such registration by a stroke on the bell. Moreover, the species otsetting mechanism describedin said Patent No. 247,553, and claimed in said Patents No. 247,552 and No. 231,161, comprise in each a setting-hub, by which the trip-hand of the register is carried, and a reciprocating settingslide, by which the former is rotated to reset the trip register, said setting-hub having three tangential arms attached by pivots and thrown outward by springs to coact with a pair of cams on said settingslide, while the latter is provided with a guard-flange constructed with ratchet-teeth and engaged by a guard-pawl to insure complete strokes of the setting-slide, which construction precludes leaving the trip-hand elsewhere than at zero or at one of two intermediate stopping points on the main dial by means of the setting device.

The present invention consists in certain novel parts applied to asetting-hub and a settingslide of the aforesaid description and in peculiarly-secured springs for throwing out the arms of said setting-hub, together with certain novel combinations formed by the addition of said parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the first part of this invention is to cause theindicator mechanism to be actuated in the final act of turning the trip-hand to zero, and not before, so as to preclude changing the indication of the trip signal without at the same time completing the resetting operation.

The distinctive object of the second part of 6 this invention is to arrest the triphand at zero when it is turned back by means of the set ting mechanism without interfering with its progression beyond zero in the registering operation (as described in J. W. Fowlers specification forming part of Patent No. 185,740, dated December 26, 1876, and in our Patents No.190,02l, dated April 24, 1877; No. 206,553, dated July 30, 1878, and No. 207,728, dated September 3, 1878) by means of a concealed zero-stop of novel construction adapted to our said reciprocating setting-slide.

The object of the third part of this inven tion is to provide the setting-hub with more durable springs for projecting its arms, the use of solder for securing the springs being dispensed with.

Figure 1 of the drawings accompanying this specification is a small face view 01 an alarm register illustrating this invention. Fig. 2 is a face view of the same on a larger scale with the case and dials removed and the parts at rest in the positions indicated by full lines in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a like face view of the upper part of the works, showing the parts in full lines at rest as they appear when the tripregister is reset at zero, the said unlocking of the trip-signal being illustrated by dotted lines. Fig. etisahorizontal section through all, showing an elevation of the indicator mechanism from beneath; and Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section through all, showing, as does the former, the parts in the same positions as in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the top plate of the settingslide and the new parts attached thereto. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the setting-hub, showing its new parts; and

Fig. 8 is a bottom view of the latter, showing 4 its arm-springs.

Like letters refer to corresponding parts in the several figures, correspondingly-numbered arrows indicate the respective motions of the principal parts, and broken lines 44 and 5 5 across Figs. 1 and 2 indicate the planes of the respective sections.

Excepting the new parts and arm-springs above referred to and certain details of construction, the improved register is identical with the one shown in our Patent No. 247,553, aforesaid. Referring, therefore, to our specification forming part of said PatentNo.247,553 and to those of ourother patents therein referred to for fuller descriptions of the parts described and claimed therein, the present specification will be chiefly confined to a descrip tion of those features and combinations of parts hereinafter claimed as new.

In the said drawings accompanying this specification, as in those of our said Patent No. 247,553, A represents the units-shaft of the trip-register, B, that of the permanent register, H, the trip-hand of the former; H the corresponding indexhand on said shaft B; O, the hundreds-shaft, and H the rotary hundreds-dial; S, the main actuating-slide; F, the main pawl carried by said'slide; R, the main ratchet-wheel, and Aitsshaft; PW W, gearing connecting said shafts A, A, andBfor the transmission of registering impulses to the in dex-hands H H*, and through a cam on the wheel W and coacting mechanism to said shaft 0 and hundreds-dial H and X the detentpawl of said ratchet-wheel.

I represents the setting-hub, J the settingslide, and K, Fig. 1, the push-key, ofthe setting mechanism.

V represents the trip-signal, Z the rotary shaft,Y the rockshaft,U the spring-detent, and T the lock-arm, of the indicator mechanism; and E represents the distinct bell-lever, D the catch, and G the gong-bell, of the bell mechanism.

In mentioning other parts we shall not confine ourselves to referenceletters heretofore used.

Said mechanisms, as in all our registers, are mounted upon a back plate, I), with the aid of frame-pieces f f 2 f attached to the face of the back plate, the whole being inclosed bya circular case, 0, having a glass front plate and attached by screws to the edge of said back plate, while all, except the hands H H, are arranged behind a dial-plate, (2, having dials concentric with the respective units-shafts carrying said hands and apertured ,for exposing respectively the successive indications of the hundreds-dial H and the trip-signal V, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5.

Our indicator mechanism has been modified in construction, as will be seen by comparing Figs. 4 and 5 with the figures correspondingly numbered in our said Patent N 0. 247,553. We now prefer to mount the said trip-signal shaft Z and rock-shaft Y in a single framecasting or bracket, f. The trip-signal V is by preference cylindrical. The detent U is attached to said bracket f and engages with the same square as the stop-finger or notch of the transmitting-arm m. The lock-arm T is recessed, so as to accommodate a longer springfinger, and the main lever-arm Zis made angnlar in cross-section at its end or squared on its left-hand side, as shown in Fig. 4, in view of the new mode of operation. The castings of the setting-slide J are so shaped as never to come in contact with said lever-arm Z, and the interlocking catch 6 of the bell mechanism is preferably formed separately (of steel) and attached by a screw to the projection on the body of the bell-lever E, which, primarily, carries the bell'hammer h, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Other details of the indicator mechanism, setting mechanism, and bell mechanism, together with those of the registering mechanisms and main actuating mechanism, are sub stantially unchanged, excepting the said new parts and arm-springs, which will now be described with references more particularly to Figs. 6, 7, and 8, in which the same are spe cially shown, as aforesaid.

Two little levers,j j Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 6, are arranged upon the front or top of the setting-slide J at its left-hand edge, and are attached to its top plate by pivotal screws 3, so as to work in a plane parallel to said top plate and coupled together by a pin and slot, 10, so as to work in unison. The second of these levers, jZterminates in a head, 7c,and is bent, so as to project backward and toward the line of the lever-arm Z of theindicator mechanism, (representedin Fig. 6,) but in normal position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, does not extend to said line. A little spiral spring, 8, is attached to a hook-extension of the first lever, j, and tends to hold the levers j j" in normal position with said head It out of line with said lever-arm Z. To move said head into line with said lever-arm Z, a cam, i, Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 7, in the shape of a concentric integral projection on the sleeve portion of the settinghub I,is so located on the latter and so proportioned to said levers as to come in contact with the lever j and eflect said movement of the head It during the motion of the setting-hub in moving the trip-hand forward to zero from 99. The eamt is extended around said sleeve portion of the setting-hub I about thirty-nine one-hundredths of its circumference, so as to hold said head is in its projected position until the setting-hub has turned to the end of that part of its rotation which corresponds with the last reciprocation of the setting-slide J in the resetting operation. In other words, said cam i is adapted to maintain said position of the head It until the second of the settinghubs arms (now lettered, respectively, a a a', in the order in which they leave a given point in the registering operation) has passed or is passing out of reach of the cams b b on the setting-slide, so that a single reciprocation of the latter will no longer suffice to turn the ing device,

trip-hand back to zero. In reverse order said cam 2' begins to act when the setting-hub is turned backward in the resetting operation to the beginning of that part of its rotation which corresponds with said last reciprocation of the setting-slide.

To prevent turning the triphand backward beyond zero by the setting mechanism without limiting its progression in the registering operation, as aforesaid, the setting-slide J is provided with a supplemental piece, j Figs. 2, 3, and 6, attached to its front or top at its right-hand edge by longitudinal pivots and held in effective position by the said spiral spring s, which is stretched between a studpin on this piecej and thesaid leverj. A studpin, a, Figs. 2, 3, and 7, is securely fixed in the first of said arms, a, of the setting-hub, so as to project across the main plane of said piecej A zero stop, 2, in the form of a notch, is cut in the inner edge of said piece j in the path of said pin a, as illustrated in Fig. 6, and said edge of the piece j is continued concentric with said path, and an upturned toe, '1, is formed in this line to provide for lifting said piecej by means of said stud-pin a when it approaches in the opposite direc tion in the registering operation. Said inner edge of the piece j is further constructed with an incline, w, extending from the zero-stop z to the inner line of the contiguous cam b of the setting-slide, so as to throw the point of said arm to out of the path of the cam I) should the reciprocation of the slide be continued, which prevents straining the parts. The said arm-springs are represented by a in Figs. 5 and 8, and are clearly shown in the latter figure. They consist of pieces of flat steel wire bent to the shape represented and held in place within the annular recess in the back of the setting hub I by headed stud-pins 0 in connection with the central boss of the hub within said recess without the aid of solder. Their inner ends are curved to embrace said boss and together extend around the same. Their outer ends, which engage with the studpins on the arms, are straight, and their intermediate bends are occupied by the said studpins 0, the heads of the latter precluding accidental displacement, while nearly the whole length of each spring is rendered effective and soldering is dispensed with.

The operation of the improved register is, in brief, as follows: The slide S of the main actuating mechanism is reciprocated, as ilus trated by arrows 1 2, by any preferred pullillustrated by a strap and bellcrank lever at L, Fig. l, and the retractingspring of said slide. At each completed outward stroke (1) a registering impulse is transmitted to the unitshands H H as illustrated by arrows 3, and during each return-stroke (2) the bell mechanism is actuated, as illustrated by arrows 4 and 4, to attest the registration by a single stroke on the bell G as the parts come to rest, false strokes of the bell being prevented by catch D. As each hundred is registered by the units-hand H of the permanent register, the hundreds dial H is turned one step, as illustrated by arrows 5, 6, and 7. At the completion of each trip, the trip-hand H is set back to zero, as illustrated by arrow 8, this being accomplished by one or, at most, three reciprocations of the set ting-slide J, imparted in the example by a push-key, K, Fig. 1, and retracting-springs 8 the completion of each stroke being insured by the guard-pawl and guard-fiange belonging to said setting-slide, which are represented, respectively, by q and 7'. At the first inward stroke, (represented by arrow 82) supposing the trip-haud to have advanced beyond 83, but not to 100, as in the example illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 4, and. 5, the cam b of the setting-slide comes in contact with the arm a of the setting-hub and moves the trip-hand to the end of the first sixth of a backward rotation, (indicated bya single dotted line in Fig. 1,) and the cam b will act in the return-stroke 8 upon the arm a leaving the trip-hand at the first of its two intermediate stoppingpoints aforesaid, as represented by dotted out-line in Fig. 1. During the next reciprocation of the setting slide said cam b acts on the arm a and said cam I) on the arm a. At the end of this movement the cami on the set ting-hub I comes in contact with the lever 7' and moves the lever j so as to set the head It in line with the lever-arm Z. (See Figs. 6 and 7.) The triphand H is now at its second intermediate stopping 4 point, as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 1. Another inwardstroke, 8, of the setting slide causes the cam b to act on the arm a and the head It to act on the leverarm Z, changing the indication of the trip-signal V from up to down, for example, and bringing the trip-hand H to the end of the fifth sixth of its backward rotation, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Independently of the will of the setter the resetting operation is now completed by the action of the retractingsprings s" of the setting slide, the cam b" in the final stroke acting upon the arm a of the setting-hub and bringing the arm a, which bears the stud-pin a, into the position in which it is shown in Fig. 3, where said stud-pin is embraced by the zero stop 2, and farther backward movement of the settinghub is prevented. Should the reciprocation of the setting-slide be continued, the pin a rides back and forth upon the incline .r and the outer surface of the cam b and strain of the parts is precluded. Thetrip-signalislocked,asshown in full lines in Fig. 3, as soon as its indication is changed, so that repeated actnations thereof during a given resetting operation are precluded. It is unlocked in the act of tripping the belllcver alter the registration of another unit, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. Its movements are represented by arrows 9, l0, and 11, Fig. 5.

\Ve have thus described our present invention as embodied in our own register, so that those skilled in the art may fully understand and be enabled to practically apply the same. We do not, however, limit ourselves to this embodiment of the respective features and coinbinations hereinafter claimed, nor to mechanical details which are not essential to the construction and operation of said features and combinations, respectively. Neither do we claim herein anything shown and described in our patents aforesaid.

We claim as new and desire to patent under this specification- 1. The combination, with the setting-hub I and setting-slide J, of the earn 2', levers j jfiand spring 3 substantially as shown and described.

2. The setting-slide J, provided with the coupled leversjjflterminatingin a head, k, and with the retracting spring 8, in combination with the setting-hub I, having a cam to move said levers for adjusting said head, and a tripsignal mechanism adapted to be actuated by said head so adjusted when said setting-slide is reciprocated, substantially as herein speciiied.

3. In combination with the trip signalVand mechanism for transmitting motion thereto, the setting-slide J, carrying a laterally-movable head, is, adapted to actuate said mechanism when in a given position, and mechanism for moving said head into said position during a given reciprocation of said setting-slide, substantially as herein specified.

4. The combination, in a fareregister, of a trip-hand adapted to be reset at zero independently of the main actuating mechanism, setting mechanism comprisinga reciprocating setting-slide adapted to leave the trip-hand only at zero and certain fixed intermediate stopping-points, a trip-signal, and mechanism for actuating said trip-signal during the final reciprocation of said setting-slide which leaves the trip-hand at zero, substantially as herein specified.

5. The combination, in a fare-register, of a trip-hand adapted to be reset at zero independently of the main actuating mechanism, setting mechanism comprising a reciprocating setting-slide adapted to leave the trip-hand only at zero and certain fixed intermediate stopping-points, a trip-signal, mechanism for actuating said trip-signal during the final reciprocation of said setting-slide which leaves the trip-hand at zero, and means for locking the trip-signal against repeated actuations during a given resetting operation, substantially as herein specified.

6. The combination, inafareregister, of a trip-hand adapted to be reset at zero independently of the main actuating mechanism, setting mechanism comprising a reciprocating setting slide adapted to leave the trip-hand only at zero and certain fixed intermediate stopping-points, a trip-signal, mechanism for actuating said trip-signal during the final reciprocation of said setting-slide which leaves the trip-hand at zero, means for locking the trip- I signal against repeated actuations during a given resetting operation, and means for striking the bell in the act of unlocking the tripsignal, substantially as herein specified.

7. The combination, in a fare-register, of a trip-hand adapted to be reset at zero independently of the main actuating mechanism, setting mechanism comprisinga reciprocating setting-slide adapted to leave the trip-hand only at zero and certain fixed intermediate stopping-points, a tripsignal, mechanism for actuating said trip-signal during the final reciprocation of said setting-slide which leaves the trip-hand at zero, means for locking the trip-signal against repeated actuations during a given resetting operation, and means for permanently registering another unit and striking the bell in the act of unlocking the tripsignal, substantially as herein specified.

8. The combination, with the setting-hub I and setting-slide J, of the stud-pin a on one of the arms of the former and the pivoted supplemental piece j attached to the settingslide by pivots and constructed with the zerostop z and lifting-toe y, substantially as shown and described.

9. The setting-slide J, provided with the pivoted supplemental piece f, having the zero stop 2, lifting-toe y, and guard-incline 0c, the latter arranged and operating with reference to the cam b of said setting-slide, as described, in combination with the setting-hub I. having pivoted arms, one of which is provided with a stud-pin, a, to coact with said pivoted piece, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination, with the setting-slide J, of the lever j and pivoted supplemental piece with the spring 5 common to both, substantially as shown and described.

11. The combination, in a fare-register, of a trip-hand adapted to be turned backward to reset it'at zero, a trip-signal for actuation at the end of each trip, setting mechanism provided with a zero-stop and comprising a reciprocating setting-slide which carries a movable head adapted to actuate said trip-signal during the reciprocation of said setting-slide which completes the resetting operation, and means for adjusting said head and holding it in effective position during the period corresponding with the resetting scope of said reciprocation of the setting-slide, substantially as hereinspecified.

12. The combination, in a fare-register, of a trip-hand adapted to be turned backward to reset it at zero, a trip-signal for actuation at the end of each trip, setting mechanism provided with a zero-stop and comprising a reciprocating setting-slide with retracting-springs for automatically imparting to said settingslide its last effective stroke, and means carried in part by said settingslide for actuating said trip-signal during the setting-stroke immediately preceding said last stroke, substantially as herein specified.

13. The combination, in a fare-register, of a IIO trip-hand adapted to be turned backward to reset it at zero, a trip-signal for actuation at the end of each trip, setting mechanism provided with a zero-stop and comprising a reciprocating setting-slide with retracting-springs for automatically imparting to said settingslide its last effective stroke, means carried in part by said setting-slide for actuating said trip-signal during the setting-stroke immediately preceding said last stroke, and means for locking said trip signal against repeated actutions during a given resetting operation, substantially as herein specified.

- 14. The combination, in a fare-register, of a trip-hand adapted to be turned backward to reset it at zero, a trip-signal for actuation at the end of each trip, setting mechanism pro- Vided with a zero-stop and comprising a reciprocating setting-slide with retracting-springs for automatically imparting to said settingslide its last effective stroke, means carried in part by said setting-slide for actuating said trip-signal during the setting-stroke immediately preceding said last stroke, a bell mechanism adapted to lock said trip signal against repeated actuations during a given resetting operation, and the main actuating mechanism of the register as means for unlocking said trip-signal after another unit has been registered, substantially as herein specified.

15. The combination, with the pivoted tangential arms of the setting-hub I, of the unsoldered arm springs 3 of bent wire and the headed stud-pins 0 for retaining the same within the recessed back of said setting-hub, substantially as shown and described, for the purposes herein set forth.

JNO. W. FOWLER. DANIEL F. LEWIS. W'itnesses:

F. E. WRIGLEY, lVIONTGOMERY LINDsAY. 

